Watch: Mesmerizing Animated Short ‘Potlems’ About a Porcelain Pot
by Alex Billington
June 16, 2025
Source: YouTube
“My flame gives you life… My crater is your home… Stay close to me…” Meet Ginger, a tiny little porcelain tea pot created by the Fire God. But there is something a bit strange about him… which is what makes him unique. Potlems is a mesmerizing animated short film created & directed by Spanish animation filmmaker Alberto Allegri Rodríguez. This is his official graduation project from The Animation Workshop / VIA University College in Denmark, where he has been studying Character Animation over these past few years. Potlems is a 3D mini-opera styled in the aesthetic of 70s stop-motion. In a town of ever-smiling porcelain children, Ginger is created with a fatal flaw: a frown is accidentally painted on his face. “What started as a fun world-building concept evolved into an exploration of my feelings of vulnerability related to growing up with a disability,” Alberto explains. The result is an empowering, emotional little animated film about what makes us different and why we should embrace those differences instead of trying to hide them. View below.
Thanks to Short of the Week for the tip. Intro from YouTube: “In a town of ever-smiling porcelain children, Ginger is created with a fatal flaw: a frown is painted on his face by accident. Upon realizing, the Fire God, his creator, stops his song in horror: Ginger needs to be corrected.” Potlems is an animated short created by & written & directed by Spanish animation filmmaker Alberto Allegri Rodríguez – who was studying Character Animation at The Animation Workshop in Denmark. To view more of his work, visit his official website or follow him on IG @allegrista. This is actually his final 2025 graduation project for The Animation Workshop / VIA University College program. Created with animation supervisor Astrid Lund Rasmussen; story consultant Christopher Tjørnild Falkenberg; and head of story & animator Guido “Grey” Duijn. With sound design and music composed by Joshua Madoff. For more info on the short, head over to Alberto’s IG post here or click over to SOTW. To discover more short films (including animation), click here. Thoughts?